Nintendo to Announce New Super Mario Game for Wii U at E3 [UPDATE]

Nintendo has told a european gaming site that it'll announce a new Super Mario Bros. game for the Wii U at this year's E3.

The confirmation to Eurogamer came after Shigeru Miyomoto did a separate interview with Spanish newspaper El Mundo. In its story, El Mundo alluded to, "a new Super Mario for [the Wii U]", but Mr. Miyamoto wasn't directly quoted.

"The creator advances that at the next E3, the biggest video games show, which is celebrated in Los Angeles in June, Nintendo will present a new Super Mario for this platform, in which you will combine the TV screen with the screen in the controller."

Nintendo later confirmed to Eurogamer that Mr. Miyamoto indeed teased a new Super Mario Bros. game for Wii U.

"In a recent interview, Mr. Miyamoto confirmed that a new Super Mario Bros. game for the Wii U system will be shown at this year's E3 Expo," a Nintendo spokesperson said. "We'll have more to announce about our plans for the E3 Expo at a later date."

[UPDATE] We've got a bit more background. Nintendo has confirmed the game is based on Super Mario Mii, the demo shown at last year's E3. From Eurogamer:

"This is based on the Mario experience that was demonstrated at last year's E3 Expo," a Nintendo spokesperson said.

Super Mario Mii allowed up to four players to play with one touch screen controller, although this may have changed. In the E3 2011 demo, you hunted Mii and Mario characters across a map, with the controller giving one player an advantage.